Rishi Sunak vs Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions today was spicier than many had expected. Both men enjoyed themselves, and though the new Prime Minister has barely had any time to prepare, he was assured and fluent.
The session started with the Labour leader marking the appointment of the first Asian British Prime Minister, saying it was a ‘significant moment in our national story’. Sunak thanked Starmer for those words, and said he looked forward to their ‘serious and grown-up’ exchanges in the future. Starmer’s task today was to frame the third Conservative prime minister he’s faced across the despatch box as being just like the rest, and not the breath of fresh air many Tories have been trying to suggest he is.
Starmer then asked Sunak whether Suella Braverman was right to leave the government just last week over a breach of security. He pressed the question repeatedly. Sunak insisted that the Home Secretary, who he re-appointed to the role yesterday, had ‘made an error of judgement’ but ‘accepted her mistake’.
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